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Blois

/blwa/

proper noun/blwa/

Blois (a city and commune, the prefecture of Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)

Related: blésois, blésoise, Blésois

Inherited from Old French Blais, Bleis, from Late Latin Blesēnses, Blesensibus, Blesis (Merovingian), from Gallo-Roman *Blesu, a Celtic/Gaulish name possibly meaning "wolf," from Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”).